I'm one who enjoys and appreciates Americana, the blend of European melody and harmony with the Afro-Caribbean rhythms which in my opinion are more sophisticated. Culturally "white" European children learned rhythm via "Patty cake, Patty cake" rhythms which at least in the past, "black" children learned more polyrhythmic "Tom, Tom greedy gut" rhythms. I consider it to be a wonderful blend. Does that mean we should reject unblended music from various sources because of where it came from? What a horrible idea. When the record labels came up with the "race music" classification it was a curse.